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Uinta Basin Oil Shale Resources Databases

Dates

Publication Date
Time Period
2010
Release Date
2010

Citation

United States Geological Survey, 2010, Uinta Basin Oil Shale Resources Databases: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P1KKHNRN.

Summary

This report presents the methodology used in the geology-based assessment of the in-place oil resources in 18 oil shale zones of the Eocene Green River Formation in the Uinta Basin of northeastern Utah. The focus is on the methodology used to (1) convert legacy data; (2) analyze the data through application of current computer techniques; and (3) ultimately quantify the resultant data using spreadsheet, database, and geographic information systems (GIS) software.

Contacts

Point of Contact :
U.S. Geological Survey - CERSC Data Management Services Project
Originator :
United States Geological Survey
Metadata Contact :
U.S. Geological Survey - CERSC Data Management Services Project
Publisher :
US Geological Survey
Distributor :
U.S. Geological Survey, GS ScienceBase
SDC Data Owner :
Central Energy Resources Science Center
USGS Mission Area :
Energy and Minerals

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UT_Uinta_db.xml
Original FGDC Metadata
View 		8.57 KB application/fgdc+xml
COPLATOS.zip 6.28 MB application/zip
Explanation of main form and subform calculations.txt 1,008 Bytes text/plain
OPEN_FIRST.txt 294 Bytes text/plain
README.txt 338 Bytes text/plain
Utah Boreholes and Tops Fieldname Descriptions.txt 8.99 KB text/plain
Utah Oil Shale Resources Fieldname Descriptions.txt 5.54 KB text/plain

Purpose

Increasing energy demand, changing economics, new technology, and geopolitical issues have spurred renewed interest in other energy alternatives such as oil shale, heavy oil, and tar sands. The USGS Energy Resources Program has previously conducted extensive field and geologic research on these commodities and is initiating an effort to inventory and make these important legacy information assets accessible to the public, land managers, and other decision-makers. In addition, the Energy Program is scoping the geologic, technical, economic, and environmental factors controlling the production and use of these energy sources and will provide recommendations for future research in order to meet the energy needs of the United States.

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DOI https://www.sciencebase.gov/vocab/category/item/identifier doi:10.5066/P1KKHNRN

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